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Hopewell Mound Group
Description: This strand consists of 729 nearly size-matched shell beads that were drilled axially for attachment. The beads are barrel-shaped and come from Hopewell Culture. In Ohio, the Hopewell Indians (100 B.C.-A.D. 500) built burial mounds and large earthen enclosures in geometric shapes (circles, squares, and octagons) to mark the places where the people gathered periodically to participate in many social and ceremonial events. Some of these sites were quite large - the Newark Earthworks complex extends over a 4-square-mile area. The Hopewell people also maintained a large trade network extending as far as the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, the Florida coast and Appalachians, and northern Lake Superior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0283_000507_D
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Mound-builders; Shell beads
Places: Hopewell Mound Group